Hair trimming blade for safety razors



Dec. 30, 1958 T. H. HIGHTOWER 2,866,264

HAIR TRIMMING BLADE FOR SAFETY RAZORS Filed Feb. 19, 1957 I u Illllllllllllllllnmlllmllnll III'IIIIlIlllIllIl INVENTOR. Thoma; H.Hlhawer United States '2,856,264 Patented Dec. 30, 1958 hre 2,866,264HAIR TRllVIMING BLADE FOR SAFETY RAZORS Thomas H. Hightower, Birmingham,Ala. Application February 19, 1957, Serial No. 641,076

2 Claims. (Cl. 311-31) This invention relates to a hair trimming bladefor use with a safety razor blade holder of either the single edge ordouble edge type and has for an object the provision of a blade of thecharacter designated which may be employed with safety for trimminghair.

A further object of my invention is to provide a blade for use with asafety razor blade holder including a handle, a guard, and a bladecover, and which shall comprise spaced apart gauge members which areattached to the edge of the usual safety razor blade between the guardand the cover to hold the blade away from the guard in hair trimmingposition. Y

A further object of my invention is to provide a hair trimming blade foruse with safety razors which shall include U-shaped gauge members ttingover the edge of the usual safety razor blade and spaced apart along thelength thereof, and in which the U-shaped gauge members are thicker onone side thanthe other of the blade whereby cuts of diierent depth maybe made therewith.

Devices embodying features of my invention are illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, forming a part ol` this application, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a double edge blade made in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a single edge blade made in :ccordance with myinvention;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-lll of Fig. 1 anddrawn to a larger scale;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a double edge safety razor blade holder havingone of my improved hair trimming blades mounted therein; and,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V--V of Fig. 4, partlybroken away and in section.

Referring to the drawing for a better understanding of my invention, Ishow in Fig. 1, one form of my improved hair trimming blade having adouble edge 11 and 12. Mounted along the edges of the blade inspaced-apart relation are a plurality of gauge members 13 which may beformed of a suitable material, such as plastic, metal or the like. Thegauge members 13, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, tit snugly over-the associated edge of the blade and are formed with a thicker upperside 14, as viewed in the drawing, and a thinner lower side 16. It ispreferable that the gauge members 13 be permanently attached to theedges of the blade and that blades having the gauge members so attachedmay be packaged and sold as such. It will be apparent however that thegauge members may be made and sold separately and attached by the userto the razor blade.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing I show a well known form of single edge razorblade 17 having the hair trimming gauges 13a attached along the edgethereof. With either type of blade, the operation of the device issubstantially the same.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, I show a well known form ofdouble edge blade holder 18 including a handle 19, a guard 21 and ablade cover 22. Mounted in the holder 18 is one of my improved hairtrimming blades 10 with the spaced apart gauge members 13 mountedthereon. It will be seen from a consideration of Fig. 5 of the drawingthat the gauge members 13 act to hold the blade 10 in spaced relationwith respect to the guard 21 whereby as the razor is drawn over the hairof the head it will operate as a trimming device. As shown in Fig. 5 ofthe drawing, the blade 10 is disposed in the holder so that the lower,or thinner side of the gauge member 13 is bearing against the guard 21.To provide a deeper cut, the blade 10 is reversed so that the thickerside of the gauge member 13, or the upper side as viewed in the drawing,will bear against the guard 21.

The mounting and operation of the single edge blade in a single edgerazor blade holder is substantially the same as that of a double edgeblade holder and inasmuch as the construction and operation of suchblade holders is well known in the art, no particular descriptionthereof is here included.

With either form of my invention it will be noted that the gauge members13 are spaced apart at such a distance that there is no combing actionas the blade holder is drawn over the hair being trimmed. it willfurther be seen that the spacing of the edge of the blade from the bladeholder guard 2.1 permits the hair being trimmed to pass in under theblade and also provides for easier cleaning. The blade may be drawn overthe hair up or down, or sideways.

While I have shown my invention in but two forms, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited, but is susceptibleof various other changes and modifications without departing from thespirit thereof, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitationsshall be placed thereupon as are specifically set forth in the appendedclaims.

What I claim is:

1. For use with a safety razor blade holder including a handle, a guardand a blade cover, a hair trimming blade iitting in the blade holder inplace of a shaving blade and a plurality of spaced apart U-shaped gaugemembers itting over the edge of the blade to hold the blade away fromthe guard in hair trimming position and determine the depth of cut madeby the blade, said U- shaped gauge members being thicker on one sidethan the other and said blade being reversible in the holder.

2. In a safety razor blade holder having a handle, a guard, and a bladecover, a hair trimming blade positioned on the blade holder between theguard and the blade cover, and a plurality of spaced U-shaped gaugemembers tting snugly over the cutting edge of the blade to space theblade from the guard in hair trimming position and to determine thedepth of cut made by the blade, said blade being reversible in saidholder.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,879,961 Thompson Sept. 27, 1932 1,911,378 Martin May 30, 19332,326,774 Freedman Aug. 17, 1943 2,745,175 Purdy May 15, 1956

